diff --git a/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php b/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php
index 557283fef3..5e45b2cbb4 100644
--- a/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php
+++ b/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ class Channels extends BaseSettings
 
 		$t = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('settings/channels.tpl');
 		return Renderer::replaceMacros($t, [
+			'open'         => count($channels) == 0,
 			'label'        => ["new_label", $this->t('Label'), '', $this->t('Short name for the channel. It is displayed on the channels widget.'), $this->t('Required')],
 			'description'  => ["new_description", $this->t("Description"), '', $this->t('This should describe the content of the channel in a few word.')],
 			'access_key'   => ["new_access_key", $this->t("Access Key"), '', $this->t('When you want to access this channel via an access key, you can define it here. Pay attention to not use an already used one.')],
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/settings/channels.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/settings/channels.tpl
index be11966842..7ed2b1cc5d 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/settings/channels.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/settings/channels.tpl
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 		<form class="panel" action="{{$baseurl}}/settings/channels" method="post">
 			<div class="section-subtitle-wrapper panel-heading" role="tab" id="add-settings-title">
 				<h2>
-					<button class="btn-link accordion-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#settings-channels" href="#add-settings-content" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="add-settings-content">
+					<button class="btn-link accordion-toggle{{if !$open}} collapsed{{/if}}" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#settings-channels" href="#add-settings-content" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="add-settings-content">
 						{{$l10n.addtitle}}
 					</button>
 				</h2>
 			</div>
-			<div id="add-settings-content" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="add-settings-title">
+			<div id="add-settings-content" class="panel-collapse collapse{{if $open}} in{{/if}}" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="add-settings-title">
 				<input type="hidden" name="form_security_token" value="{{$form_security_token}}">
 				{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$label}}
 				{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$description}}